Posts by Nick Nguyen (osunick)

If you’re running a beta of Firefox 4, you can install restartless add-ons written with the new Add-on SDK. In a nod to the Mozilla Add-on SDK‘s original project name, we’re now automatically tagging restartless add-ons with “Jetpack” so that … Continue reading

AMO has been updated with 2.0a1 and 2.0b1pre versions for Firefox Mobile. Alpha 1 will be released in the next day or so, so please test your extension if you already are compatible with 2.0a1pre, it is very likely that … Continue reading

Since we’re hard at work upgrading the Collections feature with some big improvements, we’ll be temporarily disabling the “Add to Collection” feature from the add-on detail pages. We’ll reinstate the feature within the next couple of weeks and you can … Continue reading

The Jetpack team is excited to announce the launch of Jetpack SDK 0.5. This latest release offers more APIs for you to build add-ons with. For instance, one of the new APIs enables you to access tab information and control … Continue reading

Henrik Skupin from the QA team would like to invite all interested add-on authors to participate in this week’s testday, where interested add-on authors can learn more about Mozmill and automated testing for their extensions. Learn more at his blog: … Continue reading

Recently, there’s been some discussion on our position regarding the Fat Plug ad platform and our editorial policy that prevents its inclusion in our add-on directory. Since we believe that sustainability is a key component of a vibrant software ecosystem, … Continue reading

This post is by Caitlin Looney from the Firefox Mobile team. Our Mobile Add-on Challenge ends this Monday, April 12, which means this is your last weekend to develop a killer mobile add-on for your chance to get cool Mozilla … Continue reading

Since we launched the Contributions Pilot last year, hundreds of add-ons have participated in the program. We know from talking to developers that they deeply appreciate it when they receive contributions, so we thought we’d launch a small feature to … Continue reading

We’ve detected an issue with download statistics that affect all add-ons and versions uploaded after 3/10/2010. Add-ons uploaded before this date continue to accumulate the correct statistics. To stay up-to-date on the status of this bug, please follow bug 552162 … Continue reading